Mary Prince

    The History of Mary Prince was an interesting read that leaves the audience wondering what if there were even more  accounts from slaves and about slaves from around this time period. Mary Prince said that she wanted to record these accounts so, "good people in England might hear from a slave what a slave had felt and suffered". It starts with Mary Prince's background, she was born of a mother who was sold as a slave and a father who worked on ships in Bermuda. She lived quite the tumultuous life. She was sold multiple times and went through many masters during the period whilst she was enslaved. However prince says her time with her original Master Williams was her happiest time. She recalls, "the happiest period of my life; for I was too young to understand rightly my condition as a slave." It is so crazy that this period would be the happiest of her life, but it was almost entirely due to the fact that she did not understand what was really going on. It was such a strong topic, but still for young kids to be exposed to this when they do not even know what they are going to be a part of is absurd.

Mary Prince eventually joined the Moravian church and met her future husband Daniel James, a free man. Things then get incredibly tricky though, she technically is free upon driving on English soil, but the Wood's who owned her petitioned to keep her. That attempt luckily, was unsuccessful and she was granted her freedom. It is such a shame that it took so long for her to be granted her freedom, but she never truly gained her peace. She wanted to return home, probably for a variety of reasons. I believe that she probably wanted to go home to try and inform others, but mostly for the fact that it was home to her and where she grew up and made many memories.

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  1. Stephen GraySeptember 2, 2020 at 5:11 PM

    I cannot imagine what is must have felt like to be in the position of Mary Prince. After all that she has been through, all the places she has been. It is crazy to think that the best part of her life was when she didn't even realize she was a slave.

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